Best 9 Red Cooked Chicken With Shiitakes Recipes

RED-COOKED CHICKEN WITH SHIITAKES

Steps:

• Bring water, soy sauce, rice wine, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, tangerine peel, star anise, and 2 cups scallions to a boil in an 8-quart pot, then reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Add whole chicken and simmer, covered, turning once, until just cooked through, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer chicken with a large slotted spoon to a platter and brush with sesame oil. Keep warm, covered with foil.
• Pour cooking liquid through a sieve into a large bowl, discarding solids. Skim fat from surface and reserve 1 cup cooking liquid. (Cool remainder, uncovered, then freeze.) Heat vegetable oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then stir-fry shiitakes and remaining 2 cups scallions with salt, stirring frequently, until mushrooms are tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add reserved cooking liquid and boil until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Cut chicken into serving pieces and serve with sauce.

CHICKEN PAILLARD WITH COUNTRY HAM AND SHIITAKES, ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Lightly pound chicken. Toss chicken in raspberry mustard and grill. Set aside and keep warm.
• In a skillet, melt 4 tablespoons butter, add shallots. When soft, add shiitakes and country ham and thyme. Add cream, lower heat and cook until most of the liquid has evaporated. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve, place a spoonful of warm ham mixture in between 2 chicken breasts. Serve with Red Pepper Sauce and fried leeks
• Blacken red peppers over flame. Cover and cool. Saute garlic cloves in olive oil until brown. In a food processor place peeled, deseeded peppers, garlic, and olive oil and a dash of hot sauce. Puree until smooth. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream and serve.

RED-COOKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Over high heat, bring the first 8 ingredients to a boil in a large saute pan.
• Add the chicken and cover; reduce heat to medium.
• Simmer for 3o minutes, turn chicken over; cover and continue to cook an additional 10 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a plate and tent with foil.
• Boil the braising liquid, uncovered, until syrupy, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Strain through a sieve and spoon off any fat that rises.
• Brush sauce onto chicken to coat; garnish with sliced scallions and serve with extra sauce for dipping.

PAN-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Place 2 Tbsp. flour in pie plate. Add chicken, 1 piece at a time; turn to evenly coat both sides of each breast with flour.
• Heat 2 Tbsp. dressing in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken; turn to evenly coat both sides of breasts with dressing. Cook 3 to 4 min. on each side or until evenly browned on both sides. (Chicken will not be done.) Transfer chicken to plate; cover to keep warm.
• Add 2 Tbsp. of the remaining dressing and mushrooms to skillet; cook 8 min. or until mushrooms are golden brown, stirring occasionally and adding garlic to the skillet for the last minute. Stir in remaining flour; cook and stir 1 min. Add broth, soy sauce and remaining dressing; cook and stir 2 min. or until slightly thickened.
• Return chicken to skillet; spoon mushroom mixture over chicken. Cook 2 min. or until chicken is done.

TANGY CHICKEN WITH SHIITAKE CRUST

Steps:

• For the sauce, place orange zest, shallots, wine and vinegar in heavy medium saucepan. Boil over medium-high heat until reduced to 1/2 cup. Add chicken broth and tomato paste, boil until reduced to 1 cup. Strain through a fine sieve, pressing to extract liquid. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared a day ahead.)
• For the chicken, heat olive oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, shallots and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Cool completely. Season with salt and pepper.
• Remove small fillets from underside of each chicken breast and place in a food processor. Pulse until chicken forms a smooth paste. Add mushroom mixture and pulse until coarsely chopped.
• Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Pat chicken breasts dry. Pound them lightly between 2 sheets of waxed paper to an even thickness. Season with salt and pepper. Divide mushroom mixture into 6 parts. Place a 12-inch piece of plastic wrap on a work surface, placing 1 part of the mushroom mixture in the center. Fold the plastic in over the mushroom mixture and pat it to an even thickness, slightly larger than the chicken breasts.
• Pull back plastic and place 1 breast, rounded side down, on top of the mushroom mixture. Gather plastic tightly around the chicken breast until mushroom mixture adheres to the top and sides of the chicken. Unwrap and gently invert the breast, uncoated side down, onto baking sheet. Carefully peel away plastic. Repeat with remaining breasts and mushroom mixture. (Can be prepared ahead and refrigerated; bring to room temperature before baking.)
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake chicken for 12 minutes (10 minutes for medium or small breasts). Remove from oven and let stand for 12 minutes; chicken will continue to cook. Slice breasts diagonally. Arrange each breast on a plate, fanning out slices. Reheat sauce over medium high heat. Stir in chervil. Whisk in the butter and ladle around chicken. Serve immediately.

RED-COOKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Bring chicken, water, soy sauce, sugar, Sherry, ginger, and star anise to a simmer, covered, in a 3-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat. Cook until meat is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a serving bowl and keep warm, covered.
• Skim off any fat from sauce and boil sauce until syrupy and reduced by half, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir cornstarch mixture and whisk into sauce. Boil, whisking, until thickened and shiny, about 1 minute. Discard ginger and star anise.
• Pour sauce over chicken and sprinkle with scallions.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken breasts with salt and pepper.
• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet and add the chicken breasts, the mushrooms and the onions. Cook about 5 minutes over medium heat or until lightly browned. Turn the pieces and cook 5 minutes more, shaking the pan and turning the mushrooms and onions so they brown evenly. Remove chicken breasts, and keep them warm. Pour off fat from the pan.
• Add the rosemary and shallots and cook briefly, until wilted. Add the wine and cook, stirring and scraping to dissolve the brown particles that cling to the skillet.
• When the wine is almost reduced by half, blend in the chicken broth. Continue cooking and when the sauce is reduced by half, stir in the butter. Remove pan from stove immediately. Pour sauce over chicken, sprinkle with the parsley and serve.

ORZO WITH CHICKEN, RED PEPPER, AND SHIITAKES

Steps:

• In a large nonsstick frying pan, heat 1 tablespoon oil over moderate heat. Season the chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper. Put the chicken in the pan and cook for 5 minutes. Turn and cook until just done, about 5 minutes longer. Remove. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, cut the breasts crosswise into 1/4 inch slices.
• Heat 2 tablespoon oil in the same pan over moderately high heat. Put in the bell pepper, shiitakes, thyme, and 1/8 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring frequently until the mushrooms are golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring for 30 seconds longer. Remiove from the heat.
• In a large pot of boiling water, cook orzo according to package directions. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of pasta water.
• In the frying pan, combine the reserved pasta water with the goat cheese, milk, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring almost to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the orzo, chicken and 3 tablespoons of the parsley. Serve topped with remaining tablespoon parsley.

SESAME CHICKEN WITH GINGER SHIITAKE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Flatten chicken to 1/2-in. thickness; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place sesame seeds in a shallow bowl; dip chicken in sesame seeds., In a large skillet, cook chicken in oil over medium heat for 6-8 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 170°. Remove and keep warm., In the same skillet, cook and stir the mushrooms, ginger and garlic in soy sauce and butter for 3 minutes. Add cream and mustard; cook and stir for 6-8 minutes or until thickened. Serve sauce with chicken and rice.